Hamzah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAM-za
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #854 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,797 for boys
Hamzah is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 854th for boys in the UK (41 babies) and 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).
What does Hamzah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Hamza
Fuller spelling of Hamza, after Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, the Prophet Muhammad's uncle.
Is Hamzah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hamzah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the UK and 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hamzah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 854th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 7,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the UK were named Hamzah, making it the 854th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,054th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 169 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hamzah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 447 boys in the UK were given Hamzah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #142, up from #854 for this spelling alone.
- Hamza 406
- Hamzah 41
Among boys in 2025, it was 798th in England and Wales.
Hamzah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #854 |
| 2024 | 50 | #757 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,028 |
| 2022 | 47 | #774 |
| 2021 | 58 | #690 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,054 |
| 2019 | 58 | #668 |
| 2018 | 34 | #966 |
| 2017 | 51 | #748 |
| 2016 | 56 | #691 |
| 2015 | 51 | #716 |
| 2014 | 48 | #737 |
| 2013 | 68 | #582 |
| 2012 | 62 | #627 |
| 2011 | 64 | #597 |
| 2010 | 86 | #478 |
| 2009 | 79 | #504 |
| 2008 | 92 | #448 |
| 2007 | 93 | #422 |
| 2006 | 77 | #463 |
| 2005 | 101 | #350 |
| 2004 | 94 | #348 |
| 2003 | 139 | #252 |
| 2002 | 169 | #211 |
| 2001 | 160 | #218 |
| 2000 | 166 | #215 |
| 1999 | 142 | #234 |
| 1998 | 143 | #244 |
| 1997 | 104 | #294 |
| 1996 | 107 | #286 |
How popular is Hamzah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,797th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 45 about 1 in 38,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Hamzah, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,436th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Hamzah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 601 boys in the US were given Hamzah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #502, up from #2,797 for this spelling alone.
- Hamza 556
- Hamzah 45
Hamzah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #2,797 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,436 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 54 | #2,380 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 54 | #2,309 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 50 | #2,279 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,181 |
| 2000 | 45 | #2,192 |
| 1999 | 62 | #1,689 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
Names like Hamzah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Muhammad, Ahmed, Fahad, Hammad, Umar, Saif, Hassan, Musa, Zayd, Huzaifa, Musab
Other spellings of Hamzah
Names related to Hamzah
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hamzah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hamzah, updated 20 October 2026.